Quebec simplifies environmental process
Quebec, one of North America’s biggest producers of minerals such as gold, graphite and lithium, recently adopted a new law that amends most of its environmental legislation. Colin McClelland, The…
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Rio Tinto, Japanese firms pour $733M into Pilbara mine
Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) and its Japanese joint-venture partners will invest $733 million to extend the life of the West Angelas iron ore hub in Western Australia’s Pilbara region by…
B2Gold achieves commercial production at Goose mine
B2Gold’s (TSX: BTO, NYSE-A: BTG) Goose mine, part of the Back River Gold District in Nunavut, has officially reached commercial production three months after making its first pour. Shares surged…
Video: Wheaton foresees 1M-oz run as 4 streams start
Wheaton Precious Metals (TSX, NYSE, LSE: WPM) adds four new streams to its portfolio this year, lifting it to 22 operations and helping it approach one-million gold-equivalent ounces later this…
Xtra Energy drills ‘world class’ antimony in Nevada
Drilling by American Antimony Corporation, operating as Xtra Energy (US-OTC: XTPT) has returned results as high as 87 metres grading 5.59% stibnite at its Bernice Canyon project in northern Nevada….
Osisko’s Gaspé project seeks deep-pockets partner
Osisko Metals (TSX: OM) CEO Robert Wares is confident on expanding the largest copper project east of the Mississippi while getting the permits and partner to develop it. The Gaspé…
NexMetals drills wide copper-nickel zones in Botswana
NexMetals Mining (TSXV, Nasdaq: NEXM) on Tuesday said four new holes in its 12-hole metallurgical program at the past-producing Selkirk copper-nickel–platinum mine in Botswana returned broad, near-surface mineralization, supporting a…
Video: ‘Positive, not frothy’ Denver Gold Group’s Tim Wood says on disciplined upcycle
The mood at Mining Forum Americas in Colorado Springs was “very positive, but not frothy at all,” due to the cautious approach of most attendees and investors, Denver Gold Group…
Trump revives Ambler Road; puts $35.6M into Trilogy
President Donald Trump on Monday directed United States agencies to reissue permits for the 340 km Ambler industrial road in northwest Alaska and announced a $35.6 million (C$50 million) federal…
Predictive, Robex reach $1.5B deal to create Guinea-focused gold miner
Australia’s Predictive Discovery (ASX: PDI) and Canada’s Robex Resources (CVE: RBX)(ASX: RXR) agreed to merge in an all-share deal worth A$2.35 billion ($1.55 billion) that would create a new Guinea-focused…
G Mining eyes Guyana gold project decision this month
G Mining Ventures (TSX: GMIN; US-OTC: GMINF) said Monday it will decide this month whether to proceed with the Oko West project in Guyana after securing up to $537.5 million (C$753 million)…
Relevant Gold hunts for Canada’s Abitibi in Wyoming
Relevant Gold (TSXV: RGC; US-OTC: RGCCF) is pushing a big idea across Wyoming’s Archean craton: that the rich systems in Canada’s Abitibi-type orogenic architecture were rifted, rotated and stranded in…